Stacey B. Lee, JD

Stacey B. Lee is a Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Professor of Practice of Business Law, Healthcare Law, Ethics and Negotiations(a joint appointment at the Bloomberg School of Public Health)

Expertise: Healthcare Law/ Business Law/Negotiations/ Specialized expertise in Legal and Regulatory aspects of Pharmaceutical Drug Manufacturer Business Practices/Impact COVID-19 Laws and Policy on Workplace Stacey’s research interests have focused on pharmaceutical manufacturers’ international and domestic influence on access to medicines and transformative healthcare negotiations.

She also examines how COVID-19 laws and policies affect the employer/employee relationship. Before entering academia, Stacey practiced law for over ten years. She began as a securities litigator and later became in-house counsel for two of the country’s largest healthcare corporations. Stacey also served as the senior regulatory specialist for the United States’ largest national healthcare trade association. Stacey is a Fulbright Specialist for her expertise in negotiations and healthcare law and has received numerous research grants and fellowships for her teaching innovations. In addition, Stacey was a featured TEDx speaker on “Patient Voices.” Her interviews, quotes, and writings have appeared in CBS, CNN, CBC, the Washington Post, Bloomberg Radio, USA Today,  NPR, TODAY.com, and Voice of America, among other media outlets. Stacey’s work has also been featured in several law reviews and peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Business Ethics, Yale Journal of Health Policy and Ethics, Annals of Health Law, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, and Health and Human Rights International Journal.

Sub-specialties:
Negotiation with a focus on:
How gender, race, and culture influence outcomes
Healthcare specific negotiations

Healthcare law with a focus on:
Focus on Supreme Court and court opinions that impact access, choice, and cost of healthcare
How pharmaceutical manufacturers' business practices, both domestically and abroad, influence the public's access to affordable medicine (including compassionate use legislation and patents)

Employer and employee relationships with a focus on:
How the pandemic is changing employer/employee relationship
How various court opinion affects the employee work environment